Delhi Government Approves Proposal For Real-Time Study Of Air Pollution

The Delhi Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Department of Environment’s proposal for a real-time study of air pollution in the national capital.

The project, to be completed within a period of 18 months from the date of award of the study, has been granted to the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, the University of Washington in the US on nomination basis.

The “Real-Time Source Apportionment study for Air Pollution in Delhi” will cost around Rs 1.2 crore and the payments will be done from the Air Ambience Fund maintained by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).

A cloud-based platform will be established for the study where the data can be shared and viewed by approved groups during the course of the project.